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By: Jim Longworth
In the 1950s, teenagers went cruising in their cars and sometimes mooned other motorists. By the end of the decade, cramming into phone booths was all the rage. During the free-love 1960s, some teens felt empowered to ...

(Winston-Salem, NC) “Triad Today”, the Piedmont’s only locally produced public affairs television program, will air its 700th episode on Sat., Aug. 25 at 7:30am on WXLV abc45, and again Sun., Aug. 26 at 11:00am on WMYV MY48. (Audio from the ...

By: Jim Longworth
The Reverend Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but folks in these parts claim him as a native son because he graduated from North Carolina A&T State University. In fact, Jackson will tell you that ...

by: Jim Longworth
With America in the throes of WWII, FDR ordered that the military draft age be lowered from 21 to 18. Soon after that, Senator Jennings Randolph began lobbying for the voting age to be lowered as well. According ...

Legendary television producer Steven Bochco had a wry sense of humor, so when I first heard that he passed away on April Fool’s Day, I held out hope that he had perpetrated a hoax on us. He hadn’t. Steven, who ...

Longworth at Large
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By: Jim Longworth
Last May I wrote about a study released by the healthcare website STAT, in which they determined that Donald Trump’s language and cognitive abilities are at 3rd and 4th-grade levels. At that time, ...

By: Jim Longworth
We’ve heard it all too many times before. A mentally disturbed loner buys an assault rifle, opens fire in a school, church, or nightclub and kills dozens of people. The media interviews neighbors, fellow students or co-workers who ...

By: Jim Longworth
In a newspaper ad, the Republican National Committee promised prosperity, and hinted at full employment if their candidate was elected. Their promise was, “a chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage.” But that ad ...

By: Jim Longworth
Last year I angered a lot of my friends when I criticized politicians and the media for misstating and miscommunicating the nature of the so-called opioid epidemic. First, there was the tendency to lump legal analgesics with heroin ...